. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . , and in 1855, in order to obtainmedical ad\dce, he accepted an appointment as minister plenipotentiaryand envoy extraordinary to negotiate a treaty wath the United States by whichsugar from the islands was to be admitted free of duty in return for the ad-mission to the islands of lumber, fish, and some other productions of thePacific states. Finding that he was not benefited by his sojourn in thiscountry, he returned to the Sandwich Islands, where he died. He was one of the ablest lawyers of his time and did much
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . , and in 1855, in order to obtainmedical ad\dce, he accepted an appointment as minister plenipotentiaryand envoy extraordinary to negotiate a treaty wath the United States by whichsugar from the islands was to be admitted free of duty in return for the ad-mission to the islands of lumber, fish, and some other productions of thePacific states. Finding that he was not benefited by his sojourn in thiscountry, he returned to the Sandwich Islands, where he died. He was one of the ablest lawyers of his time and did much toward ci\al-izing the inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands. He had a wonderful influenceover them, and was respected and beloved by them. The record of his workshould be preserved -with that of the great missionaries, who have giventheir lives for the advancement of the church and civihzation. On his death, N. U. lost one of her ablest sons. He was married on board ship in Honolulu, March 11, 1848, to CatherineE. Newton of Albany, N. Y.; no children. DANIEL THOMPSON, M. C Daniel Thompson. Daniel Thompson, was born inWestbrook, Maine, June 1, 1824, anddied at Patterson, La., in 1897. Heattended the public schools of NewYork city, and finished his prepara-tions for college at the Academies inLimerick, Fryeburg and Gorham,Maine. He entered the Universityfrom Baldwin, Maine, and graduatedM. C. E. in 1842. His full namewhile a cadet was Daniel JosiahPierce Thompson, but soon afterleaving the University, he dropped thenames Josiah Pierce. He thenengaged in ci\al engineering until1861. In 1862, he was offered the lieu-tenant-colonelcy of the 72d Illinois^olunteers of which his classmate,Joseph C. Wright, was to be the col-onel, but o-ndng to failing health wasobhged to decline the position. In1866, he located in Louisiana and 1842] SKETCHES OF ALUMNI AND PAST CADETS. 349 soon bought the Calumet Plantation, at Patterson, La., where he resideduntil his death. Through his business l
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